Purchased from Tim Austin during the Lonesome River Band Japan Tour 1995
“That ’56 D-28 looks like it’s been to hell and back, but plays like a dream, and sounds like you’re in heaven.”
– Clay Bussinger – June 2016
Purchased as the original owner from the luthier, Wayne Henderson, in 1991 – Serial #120
Given by Wayne Henderson at the 20th Annual Wayne Henderson Music Festival – Serial #627
Posthumous work by the late Dr. Kimio Nakamura – Serial #15
2025 Bourgeois D Country Boy Touchstone
Endorsed by S.I.E. Co. Ltd / Bourgeois Guitars in 2026
Given by Sonny Osborne in 2008 – Frank Neat custom neck installed in 2020
Encountered at Sound Messe and purchased in 2011 – Originally owned by Eiichi Shimizu
Purchased from the Mandolin Brothers in 1977
5-string neck by Marion Kenneth Kirk
1907 A.C. Fairbanks & Co. “Regent”
Owned by the late Etsuro Inaba – Purchased from Tony Marcus in late 1980’s
A Japanese banjo installed with a 2008 Osborne Chief neck built by Frank Neat in 2022
An ancient tone producer!
Purchased as the original owner from the luthier, Yoichi Ueda, in 2000 – Serial #20004
Endorsed by Ethan Zang of the Coostar Instruments in 2025
Gaspard Duiffenpruggar Derazey Copy Fiddle (year unknown)
Converted to the 5-string fiddle by the luthier, Shunichi Hirai, in 1991
Purchased on Yahoo online auction in 2021
1961 Kiso Suzuki Archtop Guitar No.7
A Japanese vintage – Purchased on Yahoo online auction in 2022
